Portable foldable boat

ABSTRACT

A portable foldable boat includes a floating body portion, a base plate portion and a boat shell. The floating body portion is disposed with one or more rows of boat base units, each row including at least one but generally a plurality of boat base units. Several connection holes are disposed on a peripheral edge of the boat base unit. The base plate portion includes a waterproof member and a base plate. The boat shell includes a first outboard plate, a second outboard plate and a lateral plate. The base plate portion and the boat shell are superposed and fixed on the floating body portion.

CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATION

This application claims the benefit of Taiwan Patent Application No.102100208, filed on Jan. 4, 2013, which is hereby incorporated byreference for all purposes as if fully set forth herein.

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION

1. Field of Invention

The present invention relates to a portable foldable boat, and moreparticularly to, a portable foldable boat capable of being convenientlyaccommodated and carried.

2. Related Art

The global climate is anomalous, and flood disasters are frequent nomatter whether it is in a village or city. In a city, the population isdense, the land is expensive, and it is very difficult to set aside aspace for a rescue ship to prepare for a flood disaster, so when thedisaster arrives and the people are trapped, victims can only rely onthe rescue organization for salvage, which is actually a slow measureincapable of addressing a critical situation.

The existing lifeboat design adopts an inflatable air cushionconstruction. Generally, the lifeboat is made of watertight plasticcloth, and contains a laminar base plate portion and an inflatable loopsurrounding the periphery of the base plate portion, so after air isinjected into the inflatable loop, the lifeboat may float on the watersurface; or an engine is further installed at the rear end of thelifeboat so as to drive a propeller, and rescuers ride on the lifeboatto carry out a rescue task.

The foregoing air cushion lifeboat may be provided for rescuers to beengaged in a water rescue task, but an inflatable boat body made ofplastic cloth is used in the lifeboat, and is easily pierced by a sharpobject or damaged due to ground rubbing in use, so that the lifeboatdeflates and cannot be used. Therefore, in a flood disaster area where adebris flow occurs or a flood disaster area where numerous driftingobjects float on the water, the air cushion lifeboat is usuallyinapplicable.

Moreover, an ordinary lifeboat has problems of inconvenience foraccommodation and carrying, namely, it often occupies lots of space foraccommodation and needs assistance from persons for carrying.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION

The present invention provides a portable foldable boat, to furtherimprove the convenience for carrying and accommodating the portablefoldable boat through a foldable floating body portion.

The present invention proposes a portable foldable boat, including afloating body portion, a base plate portion and a boat shell. Thefloating body portion is disposed with one or more rows of boat baseunits, each row including at least one but generally a plurality of boatbase units. Several connection holes are disposed on a peripheral edgeof the boat base unit. The base plate portion includes a waterproofmember and a base plate. The boat shell includes a first outboard plate,a second outboard plate and a lateral plate. The base plate portion andthe boat shell are superposed and fixed on the floating body portion.

In an embodiment of the present invention, the floating body portion isformed by combing the boat base units opposite in pairs into one or morerows.

In an embodiment of the present invention, the boat base units of thefloating body portion are superposed with each other for accommodation.

In an embodiment of the present invention, the boat base unit isdisposed with a concave portion, and the concave portion of the boatbase unit is formed into a base depressed upward, namely, the top wallis deep at the front end and gradually shallows toward the rear end; andis approximately a triangular or sectorial groove in the longitudinalsection view while is generally a rectangular groove in the plan view.

In an embodiment of the present invention, the base plate portion isfurther inserted with a wind sail.

In an embodiment of the present invention, the portable foldable boat isfurther disposed with a solar panel so as to generate storage power, andthe storage power is stored into a battery.

In an embodiment of the present invention, a support rod is furtherdisposed between the floating body portion and another floating bodyportion so as to keep balance of the two floating body portions.

In the present invention, a boat body structure which is convenientlyfolded and accommodated is adopted, so in a non-use state, the portablefoldable boat may be folded and accommodated, which is convenient tocarry. Moreover, in a portable foldable boat including four boat baseunits in a single box shape disclosed in this application, every twoboxes are formed into a group through bolt connection, a main boat bodyis formed with channel steel through bolt connection in the middle ofthe two groups of boat base units, a waterproof member and a base plateformed by splicing a plurality of checkered plates are installed abovethe main boat body so as to form a deck in combination with a zirconiumchain, and a hamper structure is installed at the peripheral edge of thedeck so as to increase the overall strength.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

The present invention will become more fully understood from thedetailed description given herein below for illustration only, and thusare not limitative of the present invention, and in which:

FIG. 1 is a schematic appearance diagram of an embodiment of a portablefoldable boat according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a top view of an embodiment of a portable foldable boataccording to the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a side view of an embodiment of a portable foldable boataccording to the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a schematic partial diagram of a boat base unit of a portablefoldable boat according to the present invention.

FIG. 5 is a schematic superposition diagram of a portable foldable boataccording to the present invention.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

In order to make the aforementioned features and advantages of thepresent invention more comprehensible, embodiments are illustrated indetail hereinafter with reference to the accompanying drawings.

Referring to FIG. 1 to FIG. 5, FIG. 1 is a schematic appearance diagramof an embodiment of a portable foldable boat according to the presentinvention. FIG. 2 is a top view of an embodiment of a portable foldableboat according to the present invention. FIG. 3 is a side view of anembodiment of a portable foldable boat according to the presentinvention. FIG. 4 is a schematic partial diagram of a boat base unit ofa portable foldable boat according to the present invention. FIG. 5 is aschematic superposition diagram of a portable foldable boat according tothe present invention.

In FIG. 1, the portable foldable boat includes a floating body portion110, a base plate portion 120 and a boat shell 130. The floating bodyportion 110 is disposed with one or more rows of boat base units 140,each row including at least one but generally a plurality of boat baseunits 140, and a steel bar 180 is further disposed between one boat baseunit 140 and another boat base unit 140 so as to keep balance of the twoboat base units 140. The floating body portion 110 is formed bycombining the boat base units 140 opposite in pairs into one or morerows, several connection holes 142 are disposed on a peripheral edge 141of the boat base unit 140 (referring to FIG. 4), and the boat base units140 are superposed with each other so as to be conveniently accommodated(referring to FIG. 5).

Furthermore, the boat base unit 140 is disposed with a concave portion,and the concave portion of the boat base unit 140 is formed into a basedepressed upward, namely, the top wall is deep at the front end andgradually shallows toward the rear end; and is approximately atriangular or sectorial groove in the longitudinal section view while isgenerally a rectangular groove in the plan view.

The base plate portion 120 includes a waterproof member 121 and a baseplate 122, and the base plate portion 120 and several boat base units140 are arranged into the maximum range of the floating body portion 110(referring to FIG. 2). A zirconium chain 190 is further added to thefloating body portion 110 to increase stability of the floating bodyportion 110, and a wind sail is further inserted on the base plateportion 120.

The boat shell 130 includes a first outboard plate 150, a secondoutboard plate 160 and a lateral plate 170. The boat shell 130 is at avertical angle relative to the base plate portion 120 (referring to FIG.3). The base plate portion 120 and the boat shell 130 are superposed andfixed on the floating body portion 110 by use of screws or mortises andtenons.

In this embodiment, the portable foldable boat is further disposed witha solar panel so as to generate storage power, and the storage power isstored into a battery.

Although the present invention has been disclosed through the foregoingembodiments, they are not intended to limit the present invention.Equivalent replacements of variations and modifications made by personsskilled in the art without departing from the spirit and the scope ofthe present invention still fall within the protection scope of thepresent invention.

What is claimed is:
 1. A portable foldable boat, comprising: a floatingbody portion, disposed with one or more rows of boat base units, eachrow comprising at least one but generally a plurality of boat baseunits, wherein several connection holes are disposed on a peripheraledge of the boat base unit; a base plate portion, comprising awaterproof member and a base plate; and a boat shell, comprising a firstoutboard plate, a second outboard plate and a lateral plate, wherein thebase plate portion and the boat shell are superposed and fixed on thefloating body portion.
 2. The portable foldable boat according to claim1, wherein the floating body portion is formed by combing the boat baseunits opposite in pairs into one or more rows.
 3. The portable foldableboat according to claim 1, wherein the boat base units of the floatingbody portion are superposed with each other for accommodation.
 4. Theportable foldable boat according to claim 1, wherein the boat base unitis disposed with a concave portion, and the concave portion of the boatbase unit is formed into a base depressed upward, namely, the top wallis deep at the front end and gradually shallows toward the rear end; andis approximately a triangular or sectorial groove in the longitudinalsection view while is generally a rectangular groove in the plan view.5. The portable foldable boat according to claim 1, wherein the baseplate portion is further inserted with a wind sail.
 6. The portablefoldable boat according to claim 1, wherein the portable foldable boatis further disposed with a solar panel so as to generate storage power,and the storage power is stored into a battery.
 7. The portable foldableboat according to claim 1, wherein a support rod is disposed between thefloating body portion and another floating body portion so as to keepbalance of the two floating body portions.